Calendar of Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Arabia.

Past events

December 2016

ARAMCO lecture: Hausleiter, Arnulf (DAI), Thursday, 15 December, 3pm. University library, Vossius room; The oasis of Tayma, Northwest Arabia: 6000 years of cultural contacts and exchange

October 2016

Conference: Wednesday 19 and Thursday 20 October. Joint conference by the Center for Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS) at Qatar University and LeiCenSAA: "The Ancient Languages of the Arabian Peninsula", Qatar University

July 2016

Lecture: Monday 4 July, 3 pm: Prof. Lutz Edzard (Erlangen), Verboids, impersonal verbs, and the use of the dependent case. Location: Lipsius 308

June 2016

Lecture: Thursday 16 June, 3 pm: Dr J. Rohmer (CNRS), Oases, Tribes and Empires: New Insights into the Political History of Northwest Arabia in the First Millennium BC: Location Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, RMO: Leemans- zaal

March 2016

Lecture: Friday 18 March 2016, 5 pm; Prof. John Healy (British Academy), Pagan Edessa: discrepancies in the Syriac Evidence; location: tba

December 2015

Lecture: Tuesday 8　December, 5pm; Ilkka Lindstedt (University of Helsinki), Qur’anic Quotations and Style in Inscriptions from the Formative Period of Islam

Conference: Wednesday December 9; Archaeology in Arabia conference, (all day)

Workshop: Thursday December 10, 10.00-12.00 am; Guiding Travellers

ARAMCO-Leiden Ancient Arabian Civilizations Lecture: December 10, 8pm; Laïla Nehme (CNRS), The Nabataeans in the Arabian Peninsula; An Overview

November 2015

Lecture: Pat-El, Na’ama (University of Texas, Austin), Tuesday, November 3, 5pm, Lipsius 203; The origin of the relative clause in Semitic